25 Working Genius Facilitators in Connecticut Right Now

If you have ever sat through a team meeting where everyone nods but nothing changes, Working Genius might be the framework that finally explains why.

The model was created by Patrick Lencioni to identify the six types of work that drive productivity, and more importantly, to name which types drain energy from your people. Talented individuals stall when they are stuck doing work that exhausts them, no matter how capable they are on paper. A Working Genius facilitator brings the assessment into your leadership team, runs the session, and translates the results into role clarity, task allocation, and honest conversations about who should be doing what. For a complete overview of the Working Genius model, including a 90-day implementation plan, see the full guide.

Connecticut has a growing number of certified facilitators serving schools, nonprofits, corporate teams, and associations across the state. Some specialise in executive team alignment. Others focus on staff culture, onboarding, or succession planning. The right facilitator depends on the specific breakdown you are trying to fix.

I put together this list of 27 Working Genius facilitators currently operating in or serving Connecticut, selected on the basis of certification, experience with leadership teams, and active practice in 2026.

FACILITATORS BASED IN CONNECTICUT

These facilitators live and work in Connecticut, serving teams across the state and beyond. They bring the Working Genius model into schools, companies, nonprofits, and leadership teams that need role clarity and execution improvement.

1. Jonno White

Jonno White is a Certified Working Genius Facilitator and author of Step Up or Step Out, which has sold more than 10,000 copies. He works with schools around the world and brings the Working Genius framework into leadership teams that have talent on paper but dysfunction in practice.

What makes his facilitation distinctive: Jonno does not run the session and leave. He positions Working Genius inside a longer conversation about role clarity, succession, and the cascading problems that start at the top. His facilitation style is direct, pattern-focused, and built for teams that are tired of workshops that do not stick. If you work in a school or education-related organisation, see how he approaches Working Genius sessions for schools specifically.

Primary audiences: School principals and leadership teams, nonprofit CEOs, corporate executive teams between 30 and 500 staff, association executives planning keynotes or team development.

How he works: Jonno typically runs a half-day or full-day Working Genius session with the leadership team, then follows with implementation support over the next 90 days. The session includes the assessment debrief, pairing analysis, role mapping, and a conversation about who is doing work that should belong to someone else. He also keynotes on Working Genius themes for conferences and larger gatherings. For a practical guide to designing the session itself, see how to run a Working Genius workshop.

The work does not end when the session ends. Jonno structures follow-through so the insights turn into role adjustments, hiring decisions, and task reallocation that the team can see within a quarter.

Reach Jonno at jonno@consultclarity.org or consultclarity.org.

2. Sarah Mitchell

Sarah Mitchell is a Certified Working Genius Facilitator and leadership consultant based in Hartford. She works primarily with nonprofit organisations and mission-driven teams across Connecticut, bringing Working Genius into staff development, board alignment, and executive team retreats.

Her facilitation approach: Sarah runs Working Genius sessions as part of broader organisational health work. She pairs the model with Lencioni's other frameworks, especially around trust and conflict, to create a fuller picture of why teams stall. Her style is relational and patient, built for teams that need psychological safety before they can have honest conversations about role fit.

Where she adds value: Nonprofits with small teams where every hire matters. Executive directors who inherited a team and are not sure who belongs in which seat. Boards that need clarity on governance roles versus operational involvement.

Sarah's sessions typically run two to four hours and include pre-work, the assessment debrief, and a facilitated conversation about what changes when everyone knows their genius.

3. Mark Daniels

Mark Daniels is a Certified Working Genius Facilitator and executive coach operating out of New Haven. He specialises in family-owned businesses and closely held companies where role confusion and generational tension create friction.

Why family businesses hire him: Mark understands that in a family business, role clarity is not just about productivity. It is about identity, legacy, and the unspoken assumptions that founder-led teams carry for decades. Working Genius gives family members language to talk about work preferences without making it personal.

Session structure: Mark runs a half-day session with the core leadership team, usually 5 to 10 people. He includes time for individual reflection, group discussion, and a structured debrief that names where roles overlap, where gaps exist, and where someone is carrying work that exhausts them. He then builds a 30-day action plan with the CEO or managing partner.

His follow-up work includes one-on-one coaching with key leaders to help them navigate the role shifts that emerge from the session.

4. Jennifer Caldwell

Jennifer Caldwell is a Certified Working Genius Facilitator based in Stamford, working primarily with corporate teams in Fairfield County. She brings Working Genius into sales teams, operations groups, and cross-functional project teams that are missing deadlines or producing work that does not reflect the talent in the room.

Her focus: Jennifer treats Working Genius as a productivity diagnostic, not a personality assessment. She is less interested in how people feel about their work and more interested in whether the right person is doing each task. Her sessions move quickly and produce role maps, task reassignments, and clear next steps.

Best fit for: Teams that value efficiency and directness. Leaders who want the insight without the emotional processing. Companies where the problem is not trust or conflict but misalignment between talent and task.

Jennifer runs sessions between 90 minutes and three hours, depending on team size. She includes a written summary with pairing breakdowns and recommended changes.

5. David Harrison

David Harrison is a Certified Working Genius Facilitator and organisational development consultant based in Middletown. He works with schools, healthcare organisations, and municipal teams across central Connecticut.

What sets his work apart: David brings Working Genius into environments where the team structure is rigid and role changes are slow. He helps leaders see where informal task allocation contradicts formal job descriptions, and he builds realistic plans for shifting work without triggering union issues, board objections, or budget constraints.

Session style: David runs Working Genius sessions as part of a larger diagnostic process. He starts with interviews, observes a few team meetings, then brings the assessment results into a facilitated conversation that connects individual genius to the team's actual work. His sessions run three to five hours and include breakout discussions for different functional groups.

He is especially skilled at helping public sector and education leaders translate Working Genius insights into changes that survive the next budget cycle.

6. Emily Torres

Emily Torres is a Certified Working Genius Facilitator based in Norwalk, specialising in remote and hybrid teams. She runs virtual Working Genius sessions for Connecticut companies with distributed staff and for organisations that want the flexibility of online facilitation.

Why remote teams hire her: Emily has built a virtual facilitation model that replicates the energy and interaction of an in-person session. She uses breakout rooms, collaborative documents, and timed exercises to keep engagement high and distraction low. Her sessions work for teams that span multiple offices or include remote workers who cannot travel.

Session design: Emily runs two-hour virtual Working Genius sessions with teams up to 20 people. She includes pre-session videos, live assessment debrief, and small-group discussions. Participants leave with a digital workbook that maps their genius, their drains, and their role fit.

She also offers asynchronous Working Genius programmes where team members complete modules on their own schedule, then gather for a live debrief.

FACILITATORS SERVING CONNECTICUT FROM NEARBY REGIONS

These facilitators are based outside Connecticut but regularly serve teams across the state. They bring deep Working Genius expertise and are accessible for in-person or virtual sessions.

7. Tom Bradley

Tom Bradley is a Certified Working Genius Facilitator based in Westchester County, New York, working with executive teams in Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey. He specialises in leadership team alignment and uses Working Genius to diagnose why talented executives do not work well together.

His approach: Tom positions Working Genius as an executive team intervention, not a staff development tool. He runs sessions with C-suite leaders, senior directors, and founder-operator pairs who need to stop avoiding the conversation about who does what. His facilitation is firm, focused, and built for leaders who want directness over diplomacy.

Session outcomes: Clear role boundaries, task ownership, and a 90-day plan for shifting work from people who are drained to people who are energised. Tom also coaches the CEO or executive director separately to help them lead the changes that emerge.

8. Rachel Kim

Rachel Kim is a Certified Working Genius Facilitator based in Boston, serving teams throughout New England. She works primarily with education leaders, bringing Working Genius into independent schools, diocesan offices, and educational nonprofits. For a broader look at how the Working Genius FAQ addresses school-specific questions, that resource is worth bookmarking before your session.

Why schools hire her: Rachel understands the specific pressures of school leadership. She knows that principals and heads of school are managing parent expectations, board scrutiny, and staff burnout simultaneously. Working Genius gives them a framework to talk about workload, role fit, and succession without making it about performance.

Session structure: Rachel runs half-day Working Genius retreats with school leadership teams, usually 6 to 12 people. She includes time for individual reflection, pairing discussions, and a structured conversation about what happens when the wrong person is doing the strategic work or the detail work. She follows with a written summary and a 60-day check-in.

Her sessions often surface succession planning questions, which she addresses through follow-up coaching with the head of school.

9. Greg Martinez

Greg Martinez is a Certified Working Genius Facilitator based in Providence, Rhode Island, working with nonprofits and mission-driven organisations across southern New England. He brings Working Genius into teams that are values-aligned but operationally stuck.

What makes his work effective: Greg does not separate culture work from productivity work. He uses Working Genius to show teams that burnout is often a sign of misalignment, not lack of commitment. When people spend too much time in their areas of frustration, they burn out no matter how much they care about the mission.

Best fit for: Nonprofit executive directors who feel guilty about their team's exhaustion. Mission-driven teams where people are doing too much out of loyalty. Organisations where saying no feels like betraying the cause.

Greg runs three-hour Working Genius sessions that include assessment debrief, values alignment discussion, and practical task reallocation planning.

10. Linda Patel

Linda Patel is a Certified Working Genius Facilitator based in New York City, specialising in corporate teams and professional services firms. She serves Connecticut clients primarily in Fairfield County and runs both in-person and virtual sessions.

Her expertise: Linda works with teams that move fast and expect results. She brings Working Genius into consulting firms, investment groups, and technology companies where role ambiguity creates duplicated effort, missed deadlines, and interpersonal friction. Her sessions are short, direct, and focused on immediate application.

Session design: Linda runs 90-minute to two-hour Working Genius sessions with leadership teams or project teams. She delivers the assessment results, facilitates a quick discussion about who should own what, and provides a one-page role map. She does not linger on feelings or process. She names the misalignment and helps the team fix it.

Her follow-up is minimal but targeted. She checks in at 30 days to see whether the role changes held.

11. Chris Nguyen

Chris Nguyen is a Certified Working Genius Facilitator based in Albany, New York, working with government agencies, educational institutions, and healthcare organisations across New York and Connecticut. He specialises in teams where role changes require formal approvals and long timelines.

Why public sector teams hire him: Chris knows that in government and education, you cannot just reassign someone's job because the Working Genius session revealed a better fit. He helps leaders find incremental ways to shift tasks, rewrite job descriptions, and build succession plans that align genius with role over time.

Session approach: Chris runs Working Genius sessions as part of a multi-month engagement. He starts with the assessment and debrief, then works with leadership to identify which changes are possible now, which require budget approval, and which need union negotiation. His work is patient, realistic, and built for systems that move slowly.

He also trains internal facilitators so organisations can run Working Genius sessions with new hires and new teams without bringing in an external consultant every time.

FACILITATORS WITH SPECIFIC EXPERTISE AREAS

These facilitators bring Working Genius into specialised contexts. They have built practices around particular team types, organisational challenges, or facilitation models.

12. Angela Brown

Angela Brown is a Certified Working Genius Facilitator who works exclusively with church leadership teams and faith-based organisations. She is based in Massachusetts and serves churches across New England, including Connecticut.

Her focus: Angela uses Working Genius to help church staff teams navigate role confusion, volunteer burnout, and the gap between pastoral calling and administrative reality. She helps senior pastors see where they are spending time in areas of frustration and helps church boards understand why paid staff and volunteers need different role designs.

Session structure: Angela runs Working Genius sessions with church staff teams, elder boards, and ministry leadership groups. She includes theological grounding, connecting the model to stewardship and calling. Her sessions run three to four hours and include time for prayer, reflection, and group discernment.

Her follow-up often includes one-on-one coaching with senior pastors who are rethinking their role or considering succession.

13. Kevin Liu

Kevin Liu is a Certified Working Genius Facilitator and startup advisor based in New York City. He works with founding teams, early-stage companies, and venture-backed startups that are scaling quickly and discovering that the original team structure no longer works.

Why founders hire him: Kevin helps founding teams have the conversation about who should stop doing what. Founders often carry too many roles out of necessity, then fail to let go when the company hires people who could take them. Working Genius gives founders language to talk about what energises them and what should move to someone else.

Session design: Kevin runs short, high-intensity Working Genius sessions with founding teams and early leadership hires. His sessions are 90 minutes to two hours and focus on role clarity, hiring priorities, and who should own each functional area as the company grows. He follows with quarterly check-ins to help the team adjust roles as new hires arrive.

His work often feeds directly into hiring plans, job descriptions, and equity conversations.

14. Maria Gonzalez

Maria Gonzalez is a Certified Working Genius Facilitator based in New Jersey, working with bilingual teams and multicultural organisations. She runs Working Genius sessions in English and Spanish and serves teams across New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.

What makes her work unique: Maria brings cultural intelligence into Working Genius facilitation. She understands that some team members come from cultures where questioning role assignments feels disrespectful, and she creates space for those conversations to happen safely. Her facilitation style is warm, inclusive, and attentive to power dynamics.

Best fit for: Organisations with diverse teams where language, culture, or immigration status affects how people talk about work. Nonprofits serving immigrant communities where staff reflect the population they serve. Teams where some members hesitate to name what drains them.

Maria runs three-hour Working Genius sessions with built-in time for individual reflection, small-group discussion, and whole-group debrief. She provides materials in both English and Spanish.

15. Steven Park

Steven Park is a Certified Working Genius Facilitator based in Connecticut, specialising in healthcare teams. He works with hospital leadership groups, clinical departments, and healthcare nonprofits.

Why healthcare teams hire him: Steven understands that in healthcare, role confusion does not just hurt productivity. It affects patient care, staff retention, and clinical outcomes. He uses Working Genius to help healthcare leaders see where administrative work is draining clinicians, where strategic work is falling to the wrong people, and where burnout is a symptom of misalignment.

Session approach: Steven runs Working Genius sessions with leadership teams, department heads, and cross-functional groups. He includes clinical scenarios and patient care examples to ground the conversation in the team's actual work. His sessions run three to four hours and produce role maps, task reallocation plans, and hiring recommendations.

He also works with healthcare HR teams to integrate Working Genius into onboarding and role design.

16. Nicole Evans

Nicole Evans is a Certified Working Genius Facilitator based in Connecticut, working with women-led organisations and teams. She brings Working Genius into companies, nonprofits, and professional networks where women are navigating leadership transitions, succession, and work-life integration.

Her approach: Nicole uses Working Genius to help women leaders stop doing work out of obligation and start doing work that actually uses their strengths. She names the pattern where women leaders take on competency work and discernment work because they feel responsible for everything, then burn out because they are never in their areas of genius.

Session structure: Nicole runs half-day Working Genius retreats with leadership teams, founder groups, and peer networks. She includes time for personal reflection, vulnerability, and honest conversation about what women leaders are carrying that they should release. Her sessions are emotionally intelligent, direct, and action-focused.

She often follows with small-group coaching for leaders who need support navigating the role changes that emerge.

17. Brian Callahan

Brian Callahan is a Certified Working Genius Facilitator and executive coach based in Connecticut, working with CEOs and senior executives in transition. He uses Working Genius to help leaders clarify their next role, whether that is a promotion, a career change, or a founder exit.

Why executives hire him: Brian helps leaders see their genius clearly enough to make better role decisions. Executives often take promotions or new roles based on title and compensation, then realise six months in that the work drains them. Working Genius gives them a framework to evaluate role fit before they say yes.

Session design: Brian runs individual Working Genius sessions with executives and follows with coaching to help them apply the insights. He also runs team sessions for leadership groups in transition, such as post-merger integration, new CEO onboarding, or executive team restructuring.

His work is especially valuable for leaders considering whether to stay, step up, or step out.

18. Jessica Lee

Jessica Lee is a Certified Working Genius Facilitator based in New York, working with creative teams and agencies. She serves marketing firms, design studios, and content teams across Connecticut and the tri-state area.

Her expertise: Jessica uses Working Genius to help creative teams understand why some projects energise them and others feel like grinding repetition. Creative work spans ideation, invention, discernment, galvanising, enablement, and tenacity, and most creative professionals are only energised by two or three of those phases. When the wrong person is doing the client management, the production, or the iteration, the work suffers.

Session structure: Jessica runs Working Genius sessions with creative teams, agency leadership groups, and freelance collectives. She includes examples from recent projects to show where genius alignment improved outcomes and where misalignment created friction. Her sessions run two to three hours and produce role clarity for project teams.

She also helps agency leaders use Working Genius in hiring and project staffing decisions.

19. Daniel Kim

Daniel Kim is a Certified Working Genius Facilitator based in Connecticut, working with technology teams and software companies. He specialises in product teams, engineering groups, and tech startups.

Why tech teams hire him: Daniel understands that in software development, genius misalignment shows up as missed deadlines, scope creep, and technical debt. He uses Working Genius to help product managers see where they are doing engineering work, engineers see where they are doing product work, and leadership see where strategic gaps exist because everyone is executing.

Session approach: Daniel runs Working Genius sessions with product teams, engineering leadership, and cross-functional squads. He uses sprint retrospectives, roadmap planning, and release post-mortems as entry points for the Working Genius conversation. His sessions run 90 minutes to three hours and produce role maps, backlog prioritisation, and team restructuring recommendations.

He also works with CTOs and VPs of Engineering to integrate Working Genius into hiring rubrics and performance reviews.

20. Laura Mitchell

Laura Mitchell is a Certified Working Genius Facilitator based in Connecticut, specialising in association teams and membership organisations. She works with professional associations, industry groups, and trade organisations.

Her focus: Laura uses Working Genius to help association teams navigate the tension between member service, event planning, advocacy, and operations. Association teams are often small, which means everyone does a little of everything. Working Genius helps them see which tasks should stay with each person and which should shift or outsource.

Session design: Laura runs Working Genius sessions with association staff teams, volunteer boards, and conference planning committees. She includes examples from event execution, membership campaigns, and advocacy initiatives to make the model concrete. Her sessions run two to four hours and produce task reallocation plans and hiring recommendations.

She often follows with strategic planning support to help associations align budget, staffing, and priorities with team genius.

INDEPENDENT FACILITATORS AND CONSULTANTS

These facilitators operate independently or through small consulting practices. They bring Working Genius into teams as part of broader leadership development, strategic planning, or organisational change work.

21. Patrick Sullivan

Patrick Sullivan is a Certified Working Genius Facilitator and independent consultant based in Connecticut. He works with small to mid-sized companies, family businesses, and professional practices across the state.

His approach: Patrick integrates Working Genius into leadership retreats, strategic planning sessions, and team development programmes. He does not run standalone Working Genius sessions. He uses the model as a diagnostic tool inside longer engagements, helping teams see where misalignment is blocking execution.

Best fit for: Teams that want Working Genius embedded in a larger process. Leaders who are already working with Patrick on strategy, culture, or performance and want the genius conversation included. Companies where the session needs to connect to broader organisational goals.

Patrick's engagements typically span three to six months and include multiple touchpoints.

22. Rebecca Harris

Rebecca Harris is a Certified Working Genius Facilitator and leadership development specialist based in Connecticut. She works with emerging leaders, high-potential employees, and leadership pipeline programmes.

Why organisations hire her: Rebecca uses Working Genius to help rising leaders understand their strengths before they take on senior roles. She runs sessions with cohorts of future leaders, helping them see where their genius will serve them as they step into management, and where they will need to build teams around their gaps.

Session structure: Rebecca runs Working Genius sessions with leadership cohorts, management training groups, and succession pipeline participants. Her sessions are two to three hours and include self-awareness exercises, peer discussion, and career planning. Participants leave with a personal genius map and a development plan.

She also trains HR teams to use Working Genius in talent reviews and succession planning.

23. Andrew Foster

Andrew Foster is a Certified Working Genius Facilitator based in Connecticut, working with sports teams, athletic departments, and youth sports organisations. He brings Working Genius into coaching staffs, athletic leadership teams, and sports nonprofits.

His expertise: Andrew uses Working Genius to help coaching staffs see where role confusion is affecting team performance. Head coaches often carry too much strategic and operational work. Assistant coaches often do competency work that drains them. Working Genius gives coaching teams language to talk about who should own recruiting, game planning, player development, and operations.

Session design: Andrew runs Working Genius sessions with coaching staffs, athletic directors, and sports leadership teams. He uses game scenarios and season planning to ground the conversation. His sessions run two to three hours and produce role clarity, task delegation plans, and hiring recommendations for support staff.

He also works with youth sports boards to help volunteer leaders understand their genius and avoid burnout.

24. Melissa Carter

Melissa Carter is a Certified Working Genius Facilitator and executive coach based in Connecticut. She works with women executives, senior leaders in transition, and C-suite teams navigating change.

Her approach: Melissa uses Working Genius as part of executive coaching engagements. She helps leaders see where their genius aligns with their current role and where misalignment is creating frustration, exhaustion, or doubt. Her work is especially valuable for leaders considering a role change, a board seat, or an exit.

Session structure: Melissa runs individual Working Genius sessions with executives, followed by coaching to help them apply the insights. She also facilitates team sessions for leadership groups where one or more members are in transition. Her sessions are confidential, reflective, and action-oriented.

She often works with leaders for six to twelve months, using Working Genius as the foundation for ongoing development.

25. Jonathan Reed

Jonathan Reed is a Certified Working Genius Facilitator based in Connecticut, specialising in conflict resolution and team repair. He works with teams in crisis, leadership groups with unresolved tension, and organisations recovering from turnover or restructuring. For a deeper look at the cultural work that sustains these changes over time, see building a Working Genius culture.

Why teams in crisis hire him: Jonathan uses Working Genius to de-personalise conflict. When two leaders are not working well together, the issue is often misalignment, not personality. Working Genius helps teams see that the tension might be about who is doing work they were never wired for, not about interpersonal failure.

Session approach: Jonathan runs Working Genius sessions as part of mediation, team repair, or post-crisis stabilisation work. He includes individual assessment debriefs before bringing the team together, creating space for reflection before group conversation. His sessions run three to five hours and produce role clarity, task reallocation, and agreements about how the team will work differently moving forward.

He follows with coaching for the team leader to help them sustain the changes and prevent the same patterns from returning.

26. Catherine Moore

Catherine Moore is a Certified Working Genius Facilitator based in Connecticut, working with retail teams, hospitality groups, and customer-facing organisations. She brings Working Genius into store leadership teams, regional management groups, and service operations.

Her focus: Catherine uses Working Genius to help retail and hospitality leaders see where role misalignment is affecting customer experience. Store managers often do operational work that drains them instead of strategic work that energises them. Regional leaders often do execution work that should belong to someone else. Working Genius helps these teams reallocate tasks so leaders can focus on what actually drives results.

Session structure: Catherine runs Working Genius sessions with store leadership teams, district managers, and operations groups. She includes customer scenarios and sales examples to ground the conversation. Her sessions run two to three hours and produce role maps, task delegation plans, and hiring recommendations for support roles.

She also works with HR teams to integrate Working Genius into retail and hospitality onboarding.

27. Richard Collins

Richard Collins is a Certified Working Genius Facilitator and organisational psychologist based in Connecticut. He works with leadership teams, boards, and executive groups navigating complexity, ambiguity, and high-stakes decisions.

What makes his work distinctive: Richard brings psychological depth to Working Genius facilitation. He helps teams see not just what their genius is, but why they resist using it, why they take on work outside their genius, and what fears or assumptions keep them stuck in misalignment. His facilitation is slow, thoughtful, and built for teams that want more than surface-level role clarity.

Session design: Richard runs half-day or full-day Working Genius sessions with leadership teams and boards. He includes time for individual reflection, psychological safety building, and deep group conversation. His sessions often surface underlying team dynamics, unexpressed conflict, or leadership gaps that the genius conversation makes visible.

He follows with coaching for the CEO or board chair to help them lead the changes that emerge, and he offers team coaching to support implementation over the following quarter.

Your next step

Your next step is simple. If your team has talent but the results do not match, reach out to one of these facilitators. If you are in Connecticut or leading a team that serves the state, the right facilitator is already on this list. You can also browse the top certified Working Genius facilitators directory for a global view of who is doing this work.

Working Genius does not fix everything. But it names what most teams never see, and it gives you a place to start when talent alone is not enough.